Glenn Capelli

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Glenn Capelli



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An author, songwriter, radio and television presenter and creator of the Dynamic Thinking course for Leadership, Glenn Capelli has delivered a message of creativity, innovation and thinking smarter to audiences around the world. Glenn’s ability to bring together meaningful learning and laughter is the key to his successful presentation style.

Glenn is a National Speakers Association Certified Speaking Professional, a Winston Churchill Fellowship Awardee and a member of MENSA. He is also a former ‘hobo’ who backpacked his way around the world for seven years, working in a variety of roles including a fish farmer on kibbutz in Israel, a comedian in Los Angeles, a travel writer in Kenya and a summer-camp counsellor in North Carolina.

In 1987, Glenn returned home to Australia and founded the True Learning Centre, a company focussed on quality learning and creative endeavour. Today he is a leading international keynote speaker and trainer whose clients come from a variety of organizations large and small and are as diverse as the giant companies of corporate America to the tiny remote schools of outback Australia. His unique presentation style and ability to apply a diversity of teaching methodologies have made him an internationally renowned speaker in constant demand worldwide. Glenn has worked extensively throughout Australia and New Zealand, Asia, the USA and Canada, South Africa and Europe.

Glenn’s award winning television series Born to Learn, aired weekly to twenty-six million households throughout the USA. He is the co-author of Maximising Your Learning Potential and The Thinking Learning Classroom as well as the writer producer of several music CD compilations. His song Choose Joy is featured in the 2003 ABC Songbook.

Recent award highlights include receiving the Presenter of the Year award from CPA for his Outstanding Contribution to Professional Development of the NSW Division and the National Speakers of Australia 2002 highest award for Speaker Excellence and Service to the Speaking Industry. Recent presentation highlights include the Russel Group International Conference in Miami, Harcouts New Zealand, International Crematoria Conference Darwin, ING Madrid, Associated Planners Conference Bali, Tricon-KFC-Pizza Hut Australia and the Young Presidents’ Organization International Conference in Prague.

Glenn’s speaking portfolio includes keynote and conference presentations and designing and facilitating training programs, along with his continued work in and commitment to improving the education experience for students, young people and teachers throughout Australia and overseas. His message is one of being a learner and thinker in today’s fast paced and ever changing world through the use of creative thinking, humour, enthusiasm and attitude.

Topics

• Dynamic Thinking
• Creativity Innovation
• Humour
• Learning Leadership

Testimonials

Glenn’s two sessions on this day rated higher than any other. Participants especially like the fact that he used humour in his first presentation. He interacted with his audience and also forced them to interact with each other. This however, did not detract from the fact that his presentations were informative and relevant. Some feedback from the day : Provided great opportunity to get to know people that I hadn't met previously. Enthralling speaker, highly animated and engaging.

Very clear presentation and relevant topics for business. Good communication, thought provoking ideas, opportunities to mix with team. 3H's Humility, Health and Humour. Exciting, interesting and interactive session. Key learning’s were fundamental to effective work habits. Able to put realism into everything. Glenn’s afternoon session was met with the same high level of enthusiasm as his first.

Participants especially liked the fact that Glenn was able to keep them awake in the afternoon by getting them to interact with each other and keep them entertained. Afternoons are a difficult timeslot for keeping people’s attention as afternoon “snooze time” hits, but Glenn overcame this very easily. Apart from being made to stay awake, participants overall rated the information as relevant and felt that they were able to take the info and apply it to their own personal and professional situations.

Here are some quotes from the session’s feedback form: Taking people out of their comfort zones. Entertaining. Interactive great for straight after lunch. Moved people around to ensure we met new people. Information relevant and easily translated into our personal context. Was good to think about the overall objectives and how these can be delivered. I didn't feel like sleeping at all! Interesting, involved audience and didn't lecture.

Glenn Capelli’s audience at this event were very impressed by his presenting ability. Participants particularly rated the way he combined his in-depth knowledge with a fun, creative and informative session. They found Glenn’s opening session to be engaging, useful, interactive (both with Glenn and with other participants) and interesting. One element that was noted by several members of Glenn’s audience was the fact that he used examples and stories to illustrate his points. This helped people to better understand the points that Glenn was making in this session. Some comments: Very impressed by his manner, knowledge & content. Entertaining, engaging & thought provoking. Lots of useful tips to use in work & life. Relevance for all levels. Applicable to any facet of work. Motivating & rejuvenating. Different media used. Entertaining, using stories to make points; incredible ability to link concepts & illustrate theme; interactive. Reinforced key messages which I can take back to my team. Humour, relevance, simple to understand. Highlighted key points. High on energy levels. Styles of Management & styles of communication. Excellent application ideas - very relevant for when we go back into our business units. Kept us going after lunch! Provocative & evocative. Good stuff! Glenn practices what he preaches. Very interesting & relevant. I really enjoyed & got value out of his presentations. Fun, Fun. Interaction with new people without feeling intimidated. Great examples re familiar vs unfamiliar problem
MLC/National Australia Bank

Thank you for playing such a big part in the success of our conference. Your knowledge, energy, enthusiasm and humour captivated everyone. All our dealers were able to utilise your messages and went away ideas they could apply to their own businesses, even their personal life. There is no doubt your workshop was one of the highlights of the conference. Our expectations were high and you exceeded them. Sincere thanks
Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited

Excellent! Outstanding performance. Received the highest rating ever in our post conference survey. Thoroughly engaging, informative and entertaining. Glenn did a fantastic job. This was the first time a speaker has been able to incorporate the conference theme into our message
Tricon Restaurants International KFC Pizza Hut Taco Bell

Excellent - enormously successful - you were voted as the most successful presenter at the conference. 90% of respondents gave you an excellent rating with others rating you extremely good. You certainly achieved what I’d hoped. Many thanks for your efforts. . . . Advanced Professional Systems Ltd, Auckland • Dear Glenn, I just wanted to say thank you for your presentation at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, in all the years of me working there I have never felt so positive about who I am and what I do. I believe it is all in the upbringing and I am glad it has taken some one like you, who has no connection with our organisation to beam a new life in our nursing profession. You are truly gifted I have not felt like this in a long while
Royal Adelaide Hospital

It was fantastic!! Very enjoyable and informative. Fantastic!! Very motivational, fun, interesting …. Excellent. Great! It was terrific that you related theory – concept – to chunks – to the detail and practicality for our classrooms and lives. Can’t wait to try some things. Perfectly geared for teachers. An excellent understanding of the way we learn, dealing with the variety of behaviours in children encountered, and ways to help all children. Presentation was engaging all day. Great day. Invigorating & stimulating. Fun. An excellent seminar interspersed with humour, knowledge, music & songs – the perfect mix for a great day. Fantastic – motivating – practical, interesting, relevant. Thank you. Fantabulous!! Glenn was fascinating to listen to! He was inspiring and thought provoking! Practiced what he preaches!! Included content / presentation to appeal to all learning styles. An excellent seminar. I hope to adopt a few of the techniques especially the positive and negative points of the room. Thanks for a great day! Fantastic – very easy to listen to; great to be reminded of the fundamental basics. Glenn was great – modelled different approaches – very knowledgeable, engaging & fun. Great anecdotes and also great info. I loved the use of signing and also the exploration of words! Great stuff. Music, movement, OHP, pictures, stories, exploration, groups – terrific! Thanks Glenn – this gave me a new slant on things I use in my unit. I really loved the “rooms” and your 5 “alternatives” to the 7 intelligences. Thank you Glenn, the most informative and enjoyable P.D I’ve EVER been to. Excellent Glenn – inspiring, motivating, rejuvenating, energising. Thank you Glenn for restoring my belief in what I do. You gave me so much to take away and put into practice! Too bad today is a Friday. I’d like to start tomorrow!
Ashton Scholastic National Australian Education Seminars

Really enjoyed your down to earth and inspiring session at our recent Harcourts sales conference. What you presented re learning is dear to my heart and I have introduced accelerated learning into our training culture at Harcourts over the years and I am convinced that this approach works, as seen by our sales results. Cheers Glenn, thank you for an outstanding session.
Harcourts Real Estate NZ

Excellent - enormously successful - you were voted as the most successful presenter at the conference. 90% of respondents gave you an excellent rating with others rating you extremely good. You certainly achieved what I’d hoped. Many thanks for your efforts.
Advanced Professional Systems Ltd, Auckland

Dear Glenn, I just wanted to say thank you for your presentation at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, in all the years of me working there I have never felt so positive about who I am and what I do. I believe it is all in the upbringing and I am glad it has taken some one like you, who has no connection with our organisation to beam a new life in our nursing profession. You are truly gifted I have not felt like this in a long while.
Royal Adelaide Hospital

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